 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 sider
...Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook lib hoary heaiL But when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; Hve of the snrient Lorrb of ПпсЫс-пгЬ, anil wi-low of the nnf'ortnnale James, Duke... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 sider
...much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his ringers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all the poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or... | |
 | Edward McDermott (of Camberwell, Eng.?) - 1859 - 210 sider
...much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...the measure wild, The old man raised his face and smiled ; And lighten'd up his faded eye, With all a poet's ecstasy! In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 sider
...much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the stnngs his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighteu'd up his faded eye, With all the poet's ecstasy ! In varying cadence, soft or... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 sider
...Good, When he kept court at Holyrood; And much he wished, yet feared, to try The long forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...his hoary head; But when he caught the measure wild, TnA rtlfl mar* Vaicarl Viie fetnt\ **~-.,J ___il_ »**v VAVt. uzc*U iCUOGU U*O litUC, UUU. And lightened... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 sider
...much he wish'd, yet fear'd, to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers stray'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his...the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled ; And lighten'd up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstasy I . In varying cadence, soft or strong,... | |
 | 1861 - 144 sider
...strain He never thought to sing again ; And much he wished, yet feared, to try Amid the strings hia fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made ; And oft he shook his hoary head j But, when he caught the measure wild, The old man raised his face, and smiled, And lightened up his... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 sider
...long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers stray 'd, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft Jie shook his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, The old man rais'd his head and smiled. And lighten'd up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy. In varying cadence,... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1862 - 716 sider
...(2 Kings iii. 15) demanded the stimulus of the lyre ere his soul burst forth in inspired strains. 1 Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain...his hoary head. But when he caught the measure wild, Tii • old man raised his face and smiled, And lightened up his faded eye With all a poet's ecstacy... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 sider
...Good, When he kept court in Holyrood ; And much he wished, yet feared to try The long-forgotten melody. Amid the strings his fingers strayed, And an uncertain warbling made, And oft he shook his hoary head. * l-Yuncli Scott, Earl of Bucclench, father of the Duchess. t Walter, Earl of Bucclench, grandfather... | |
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In varying cadence, soft or strong, He swept the sounding chords along: The present scene, the future lot, His toils, his wants, were all forgot; Cold diffidence and age's frost In the full tide of song were lost... 
